SOLUTION: Linear vs. nonlinear can you help me "x"-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4 "y"10,5,2,1,2,5,_,_ I am trying to help my 7th grade daughter figure this out and I have no idea what the answer is

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Question 23513: Linear vs. nonlinear
can you help me
"x"-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4
"y"10,5,2,1,2,5,_,_
I am trying to help my 7th grade daughter figure this out and I have no idea what the answer is
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Non-linear.
See how the x values are increasing by one.
If the pattern were linear the y values would
be increasing or decreasing by some constant
number. But they are not; they first decrease
by 5, then 3, then 1, then increase by 1, then 3
The change is not consistent so the pattern is
not linear.
Cheers,
Stan H.